Found this small (about 5mm-.25") insect on my fence. Very hard to place it into any kind of group. Does not look like a true bug. Almost looks like some kind of cricket with the head shape and the long antennae but no jumping legs. Very strange looking (but cool)
What the heck is this?
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What the heck is this?
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I'd guess some sort of small fly or drosophila, but I don't really know.
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"Cicada" is superficially appealing, but I don't think there are any small flying hemiptera like this. Not that I know 'em all, I don't! :-)
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Gordon, your right on the money. I would never have looked in the order Psocoptera. I cannot see the veins in the wings that good but it looks like a common barklice...Suborder Eupsocida---family Psocidae. Thanks again and thank you all for your comments http://bugguide.net/node/view/16192
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